(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) No. 9 Arizona State fell to No. 2 UCLA in extra innings by a score of 11-5. It was the longest home game for ASU since 1990, coincidentally also against UCLA. The marathon lasted 17 innings and the deciding play occurred when Brett Stephens hit a line drive for
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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils succumb to errors and poor hitting, fall to UCLA 9-0
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The UCLA Bruins shutout the Arizona State Sun Devils 9-0 on Friday, after an error-laden sixth inning put ASU in a deficit it just could not climb back from. The Sun Devils did not resemble the hot-hitting club they have in recent series, and were anything but crisp in
ASU Baseball: UCLA and ASU are one and two in the conference standings, making this weekend’s series filled with enormous implications
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Arizona State has had a bounce-back season this year, but a three-game series against No. 3 UCLA will be the Sun Devils toughest challenge. The most intriguing matchup of this series will be ASU's offense, hitting .304 on the season, versus the fantastic pitching staff of UCLA, which has
ASU Baseball: Bringing the hustle back to the diamond
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) David Eckstein, Pete Rose, Dustin Pedroia are a few of the true 100 percent effort players on every given night. They ran/run a full 90 feet at their highest effort possible on seemingly every routine ground ball and fly ball. They would finish games with jerseys so dirty
ASU Softball: Sun Devils sail past Stanford in 20-0 mercy-rule blowout
(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils (31-18) rode a seven-run third inning to a five-inning 20-0, mercy rule blowout of Stanford (16-33), in the first contest of ASU’s final road series of the regular season. Just fifteen days away from the start of the NCAA Tournament, ASU appears to be
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils begin crucial series against Cal
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Arizona State will travel to the University of California to begin a three-game series against the Golden Bears in Berkeley. The Sun Devils enter the weekend with a 28-13 overall record, and are 13-5 in the Pac-12, 1.5 games behind UCLA, which is atop the conference. ASU suffered a loss
ASU Baseball: Brian Serven’s lowered his hands, increased his muscle mass and improved his stats, but remains as humble as ever
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Brian Serven is the master of humility. He continues to have career days at the plate but continues to have the same happy-go-lucky attitude. “It was more guys just getting on base in front of me and just stay(ing) with the philosophy of looking for something up with runners in
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils resort to seven pitchers, get annihilated by Wildcats
(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) For the Sun Devils, it's a good thing that they had already clinched the season series against the Wildcats, because Arizona State had no chance tonight. The University of Arizona (25-17) defeated Arizona State (28-13) by the score of 17-6. Luckily for ASU, the Sun Devils came into the
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils post 11-run fifth inning, clobber Golden Eagles
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Clearly the Sun Devils didn't like yesterday's loss to Tennessee Tech. Coming off an ugly 7-4 defeat, Arizona State (28-12) demolished Tennessee Tech (20-21) in the Sunday rubber match, 16-4, making it ASU's ninth consecutive series win. ASU seemed like it was on a mission from the start to clinch
ASU Baseball: Tennessee Tech rallies late to even series
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) A ninth inning rally from Tennessee Tech propelled them to a come-from-behind win over Arizona State, who will have to wait until tomorrow to try to win their eighth consecutive series. The Sun Devils (27-12) took a 4-3 lead into the ninth inning, but Ryan Burr could not hold